Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbatt!ucbvax!jade!eris!mwm From: mwm@eris.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Help: definitions and terminology Message-ID: <3246@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: Tue, 21-Apr-87 06:53:27 EST Article-I.D.: jade.3246 Posted: Tue Apr 21 06:53:27 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 23-Apr-87 23:47:56 EST References: <1699@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> Sender: usenet@jade.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: mwm@eris.BERKELEY.EDU (Mike (My watch has windows) Meyer) Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica Lines: 32 In article <1699@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) writes: >Somewhat against my better judgement I'm going to answer these, although >I know others have already attempted the feat... You did a good job, George. Thanx for the data. You just slipped once (that I know of): >>X (or X Windows) >>SunNews > > X or the X Window System is a windowing system created out of Project > Athena at MIT. NeWS (New Window System) is a windowing system created > by Sun Microsystems. They are contending for the "standard" window > system on workstations. Both require Berkeley style unix. Minor nit: NeWS is "Networkd Extensible Window System" (or at least that's what the slides at the Gosling talk said). Before the advertising people got a hold of it, it was "SunDew". Not sure what that meant; possibly "distributed extensible windows" or some such. Of course, the adverdroids could have changed it again. Major nit: Neither requires Berkeley style unix. Both require some kind of IPC, usually TPC/IP. X has been made to run on OS/9 (and thrown out; it's HUGE). NeWS has been made to run on the Atari ST, running TCP/SLIP to a sun for IPC.